U.S. airline policies for pets as checked baggage

The following information has been collected from the airlines’ published pet policies. It was last updated on April 16, 2013.

For each airline, I have provided a link to the airline’s pet policy. It is a good idea to print out a copy of your airline’s policy, so that if a dispute arises with an airline agent, you will have the actual policy to refer to (not the agent’s potentially faulty memory of the policy).